Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

The histone demethylase JMJD2A/KDM4A links ribosomal RNA transcription to nutrients and growth factors availability

  • Kader Salifou,
  • Swagat Ray,
  • Laure Verrier,
  • Marion Aguirrebengoa,
  • Didier Trouche,
  • Konstantin I. Panov,
  • Marie Vandromme

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10174
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Histone methylation regulates gene expression. Here, Salifou et al.show that KDM4A, a histone lysine demethylase, regulates RNA polymerase I-driven transcription in a PI3K dependent manner, therefore linking nutrients and growth factors availability to ribosomal RNA transcription.